March jobs report: How to understand it

March jobs report: What you need to know

The unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent in February as the country added 236,000 jobs, according to a government report released Friday.The Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report noted that the unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percent from January.Here's what you need to know:March 2013: Unemployment dropped, but remains above average.Recruiters at a job fair in Pennsylvania in 2012. (AP)The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate skyrocketed during the recession that began in the fall of 2008. Although it has come down from ...